Understand
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Map of Marshalltown
By plane
[edit]There is no commercial aviation to Ames; the nearest major airport is located in Des Moines. After landing at Des Moines, rent a car or take the Burlington Trailways bus to Marshalltown. The Trailways bus stop is at 1501 2nd Ave, a few blocks north of East Grand Ave in downtown. You can take the free D-Line bus to 2nd Ave and East Grand Ave, then walk north.
- 1 Marshalltown Municipal Airport. General aviation airport. No scheduled passenger service.
By bus
[edit]- Greyhound Bus Lines (1-800-231-2222) stops at 2101 South Center St.
- Burlington Trailways also has a stop at 2101 South Center St. Buses run from several cities Nebraska and Iowa including Omaha, Nebraska, Des Moines, Iowa, Ames, Iowa and Iowa City, Iowa.
Get around
[edit]By bus
[edit]Marshalltown Municipal Transit, MMT operates several routes Monday through Friday between 8 AM to 6 PM or so.
See
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[edit]Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]Taylor's Made Rite Restaurant has great loose meat sandwiches
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- Best Western Regency Inn, 3303 South Center St, ☏ +1 641 752-6321.
Connect
[edit]Go next
[edit]- Matthew Edel Blacksmith Shop, Haverhill (SW of Marshalltown on Co Hwy E63), ☏ +1 515 752-6664. Memorial Day weekend-Labor Day weekend noon-4PM daily. The house and shop of Matthew Edel, a German immigrant who died in 1940, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The shop was built in 1883. Free.
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